Tilstock Airfield - Prees Heath Internment Camp

Prees Heath Internment Camp

At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the site became an internment camp for screening Austrian and German refugees, with capacity added for holding 2,000 men by the erection of a large tented village. Later converted to a prisoner of war camp, it closed 4 Oct 1941.

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